Alok Ranjan

Alok Ranjan
Chief Secretary Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 2014–2016
Preceded by	Jawed Usmani
Succeeded by	Deepak Singhal
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Occupation	Civil service IAS

Alok Ranjan was the Chief Secretary Government of Uttar Pradesh till 1st july,2016.He was the highest ranking Civil service in the State Government of Uttar Pradesh.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Civil service IAS

He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.^[7]

Previous position held

• Chief secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner of the Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Agriculture Production Commissioner of the Government of Uttar Pradesh^[8]
• Managing Director of National Agricultural Corporation Marketing Federation of India.

Controversies

• He was accused of using the entire district administration and machinery for a family holiday.^[9]
• He was also accused in the Swarup Group rupees 100 crore deal with renowned painter M F Hussain way back in September 2004.^[10]

References

1. "Centre's nodto 3-monthextension for Alok Ranjan". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
2. "Alok Ranjan prepones March'17 deadline to complete Gomti channelisation by a year". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
3. "UP chief secretary Alok Ranjan directs NHAI to rectify black spots on state's highways". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
4. "UP Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan To Spend Night Among Villagers, Get Feedback". ndtv.com/india-news. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
5. "ALOK RANJAN TO BE NEW UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF SECRETARY". news18.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
6. "UP Chief Secretary removed, Alok Ranjan appointed in his place". firstpost.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
7. "UP chief secretary gets 3-month extension". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
8. "Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) and Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) of the state". newsnation.in. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
9. "UP babu Ranjan's Rs 25 lakh state-funded 'pleasure trip' to spend Christmas on tiger reserve but SP leader claims it was an 'official' visit". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
10. "HC quashes cheating case against NAFED's ex-MD Alok Ranjan". business-standard.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.